Torpedo (disambiguation)

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A torpedo, or locomotive torpedo, is a self-propelled explosive projectile that operates underwater.

Torpedo may also refer to:

• Torpedo (genus), the genus of electric rays
  • More generally, any electric ray (order Torpediniformes)

Food:

• Torpedo or Torpil, a Turkish and Balkan dessert
• Liquorice torpedo
• "Syrian torpedo", English-language slang for a kibbeh, a torpedo-shaped stuffed croquette
• A thirteen-inch sandwich sold by Quizno's starting in 2009 and one of the many slang terms for a submarine sandwich in general.

Weapons:

• Formerly a naval mine, a stationary explosive device placed in water, to destroy vessels
• land torpedo, an obsolete term for land mine
• "Aerial torpedo", a naval term for early flying bombs and pilotless aircraft weapons
• Aerial torpedo, a self-propelled torpedo dropped into the water from aircraft
• Bangalore torpedo, an explosive device for land use
• Human torpedo, also called "Chariot", a variety of swimmer delivery vehicle of World War Two.

Transport:

• Torpedo (car) car body style. An early form of usually large touring coachwork with smooth shape from front to rear
• Torpedo car (or ladle), a railroad car (wagon/carriage) used for transporting molten metal, usually from one location of a plant to another.
• Railroad torpedo, a device to warn approaching trains upon entering protected trackage
• Narco torpedo, a type of clandestine towed underwater barge used for illicit cargos

In fiction:

• Torpedo (comics) or Torpedo 1936, a Spanish comic book series
• Torpedo (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Torpedo (G.I. Joe), a character in the G.I. Joe universe
• Photon torpedo, fictional weapon popularized by the science fiction saga Star Trek
• Torpedo (Bob's Burgers), an episode of the animated series Bob's Burgers
• Torpedo, a 2012 Belgian film starring François Damiens

In sport:

• FC Torpedo Kutaisi, a Georgian Football Club
• FC Torpedo Moscow, a Russian Football Club
• FC Torpedo-RG, a Russian Football Club
• FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhya, a Ukrainian Football Club
• FC Torpedo-ZIL, a defunct Russian Football Club, now FC Moscow
• FC Torpedo Zhodino, a Belarusian Football Club
• Torpedo punt, a specialised kick used in Australian Rules Football
• Torpedo system, a strategy in ice hockey
• "Thorpedo", a nickname of the Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe

Other:

• Torpedo (petroleum), explosive used in an oil well to start or increase the flow of oil
• Torpedo, Pennsylvania
• "Torpedo", 1920s slang for a hit man or "hired gun"
• "Torpedo", in American cigar slang, a cigar with a pointed tip, also called a pyramid or belicoso
• A type of drinking game (see shotgunning)
• A US beer keg with a capacity of 5.23 US gallons